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HMV has confirmed its entry into the pre-owned games market under the Re/Play brand. It will be officially launched on Friday 24th October with an extensive marketing campaign featuring national and consumer press. MCV was first to reveal HMV’s plans in the pre-owned space back in June after the appointment …

Former PC Zone editor now sector manager for regional development agency

VC backing helps team strike out as independent business; hopes to make tech 'ubiquitous standard'

Japanese developer and publisher Capcom is to launch its own dedicated storefront on Sony’s PlayStation Network Store, Edge Online reports. Speaking of the deal, Capcom’s digital product manager John Diamonon stated: Out of all of the third-party companies making use of the digital space, Sony recognises Capcom is one of …

Amongst a number of other announcements, Atari has confirmed that it will release the Xbox 360 version of Spark Unlimited’s upcoming FPS Legendary before either the PS3 or PC versions. The mythical beast-based shooter will be released on Xbox 360 on October 31st in Europe, whilst both the PS3 and …

Studios from UK, Europe, Brazil, India and China up for 70,000 Euro prize

Developer Namco Bandai has confirmed that its two previously platform-exclusive Soul Calibur IV characters Darth Vader and Yoda will both be available to download on Xbox Live and PSN respectively this Thursday. Until now, Yoda was exclusive to the Xbox 360 version and Darth Vader to the PS3 version. However, …

London Games Fringe event to feature talks from Introversion and Blitz

Following the news late last Friday that Sony’s LittleBigPlanet has been delayed owing to some questionable content in one of its songs, developer Media Molecule has publicly expressed its disappointment – though that hasn’t stopped eBay traders rushing to make big profits from the delay. A quick search on eBay …

Liverpool-based resource headed by industry vet Ivan Davies